Conveyer apparatus.



P. E. TALL.

CONVEYER APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1912v Patented June 17, 1913 at the same time firmly retaining the cloth PE TER E. TALL, 0F NIOBE, NORTH DAKOTA.

. CONVEYER APPARATUS.

Application filed November 19, 1912.

T0 a whom it may concern Be it known that I, 1 m: E. TALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Niobe, in the county of Ward and F'tate of North Dakota, have invented certain n'ew and useful Improvements in (onveyel "Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in endless belt conveyors, and particularly to means of attachment for cross slats for the belting of the conveyer.

The object in view is to avoid splitting the wood of the cross pieces or slats while for avoiding the possibility of straw or other material conveyed from becoming lodged atthe ends of the slats.

With this and other objects in view, as will in part hereinafter be set forth and in part become apparent, the invention comprises a retaining strip, preferably of metal, having a body adapted to extend across an end of a cross slat of a conveyor belt and bent to lap the fabric of the belt at one face of the strip, and lateral arms adapted to be fastened to the edges of the strip.

The invention coi'nprises certain other not'ei constructions, combinations and al raugements of parts as will be hereinafter et-ilie'l and claimed.

in the accompanying drawing:Figure l, is a perspective view of a fragment of a onvc pcir belt having applied thereto an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section takenlongitudinally of one of the slats intermediate its faces. I igsv 2-1 and 4 are sectional views taken respec 'vcly on the planes indicated by lines 1 2) and t 4' of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail eletation of a blank con'iprising the present improved clip. Fig. 0 is a perspective view of the part seen in Fig. after having been bent to the final position as when applied to a slat.

Referring to the drawing by numerals. 1 indicates a belt of the conveyor type which may be formed of canvas or other suitable fabric and which, for the purpose of enhancing its convc 'ing capacit is provided with a s ries of ross strips or slats 2. l lach strip 2 is fastened to the fabric 1 at suitable points intermediate the ends of the st rips by ta ks or other suitable fastening means 1;. I in this particular art ditliculty has been ex pcrienccd in retaining the extreme edges of Specification of Letters Patent.

IatentedJune 17, 1 913. Serial No. 732,228.

the fabric comprising the belt against becoming spaced from the ends of the strips 2. and when so spaced straw or other mate rials being conveyed is liable to and frequently does collect between the expose d ends of the strips and the canvas. To avoid this dilliculty the present invention is designed to clamp the extreme edge of the belting at each end of each strip and to retain the same firmly in place against the inner face of the respective strip. To-this end a clip, substantially as seen in detail "in Fig. (3, is employed, comprising a body 4' having a lapping portion 5 and lateral arms (3. (3, each arm terminating in penetrating points 7. 7, and the lapping portion 5 also terminating in penetrating points 8.

The parts just described are preferably stamped from sheet material such as sheet iron or other sheet metaLand after being stamped in the form of a blank such as seen in Fig. 5 is ready for use l'); being bent to the condition seen in Fig. ,(5 and applied by having the body 4 disposed against the end of the respective strip'orslat f), with the arms (3 extending along each side of the slat and the lapping portion 5 disposed inside of and lapping the inner face of the fabric of the conveyer belt. \Vlien the clip is so positioned it is only necessary to drive the points 7 and 8 into the slat to cause theclip to firmly eugagethe parts. Obviously the penetrating points 7 and 8 are bent. toward the material of the strip before the clip is applied, and as a meansvfor supplementing the connection of the clip to the slat a rivet or other like securing means 9 is passedthrough the inner or free end portions of the arm 7 and through the respective strip 2. As a further securing means. retaining pins or tacks 10,10 are passed through the lapping portion 5 and driven into theslat 9. The securing means 9 and it) are of a size relative to the dimensions of the respective slat. 2 such as is not, liable to split or'otherwise injure the slat.

\Vhile it is obvious that other or further securing means may be employed for fixing or connecting the clip to the slat, with the fabric of the belt disposed between the slat and the lapping portion 5, it is apparent that the securing means described is ample for lirmly retaining the fabric at its extreme edge in contact with the slat at its extreme end.

*- rial of the belt therebetween, and

' Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: v

1. In a conveyer apparatus, the combination with a conveyer belt and a slat therefor, of a plate extending across: the end of the slat and having a portion lapping the belt and the inner face of the slat, lateral arms extending from the plate longitudinally of l the respective edges of the slat, each of said I arms being spaced outwardly trom the lapping portion for accommodatin the mate means for securing said arms to the slat.

2. In a conveyer a pararus, the combination with a belt and a slat therefor, of a plate extending across the end of the slat and having a portion bent to substantially right angles with respect to the faces of the plate and disposed to lap the material of the belt and the inner face of the slat, means for securing said lapping portion to the slat, and arms extending laterally from the end plate -.and' bent to position substantially at right angles ,theretn with the faces of the arms substantially at tight angles to the lap ping portion, the said arms being disposed to extend longitudinallyof the slat along opposite edges Hicreof and each arm being spaced outwardly from the lapping portion a distance suflicient for accommodating the material of the belt therebetween.

3. A clip for conveyer belt apparatus com prising a body of sheet material adapted to engage the-end of a slat of a conveyer, lateral arms extending from said body and bent substantially at right angles thereto and a lapping portion bent substantially at right angles to the body along a line s aced from the arms, the lapping portion eing bent to a position substantially at right angles to the plate with its faces disposed in planes substantially at right angi a to' the planes of the faces of the arms.

4. A cli .for conveyer belt ap aratus comprising a body of ,sheetmateria adapted to engage the end of a slat of a conveyer, arms extending from the body and adapted to be bent substantially at rightangles thereto to extend longitudinally of the edgesof the slat, and a lapping portion bent to substantially right angles with respect tothe body and having its faces lying in a plane substantially at right .anglesto the planes of the faces of the arms, the line of the bend between the body and lap ing portion being spaced from the adjacent line of the arms.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER E. TALL. Witnesses:

S. .M. SORENSON, F. M. EMnnsoN. 

